The word slowly leaked out yesterday that Mexican marines in the border city of Nuevo Laredo had captured Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, better known as Z-40, the head of the Zetas. He is not just any …

A retired soldier who spent a career firing guns and defending the Constitution says he is outraged that he has been denied permission to buy a .22 caliber rifle over a pot conviction from 1971, when he was caught with a baggie of dope while in high school. He says he pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor – got a year probation – and went on to join the service. …